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2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in District of Columbia

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$72,553 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning School for You

In 2020-2021, 25 degrees and certificates were awarded to urban and regional planning students who went to a District of Columbia college or university. This makes it the #120 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Urban & Regional Planning program at each school on the list.

Check out the urban planning programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in District of Columbia.

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Our 2023 rankings named Georgetown University the most popular school in District of Columbia for urban and regional planning students. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Georgetown University

The excellent programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in District of Columbia. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at George Washington University Report

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Explore all the Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 78
New York 244
Maryland 12
New Jersey 27

One of 8 majors within the area of study, urban and regional planning has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 6,781
General Architecture 4,982
Landscape Architecture 905
Environmental Design 741
Interior Architecture 728

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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